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Hamilton: Danger and edge is what F1 should be about

Formula 1 is increasingly being perceived as too easy, too safe and likened to a Playstation experience as risk is increasingly diminuished and the aura of drivers as gladiators a thing of the past, a scenario that perturbs four times world champion Lewis Hamilton. When asked about safety in Formula 1, which includes plans to introduce halo style cockpit protection for F1 cars, Hamilton said, “I do feel like I’m a little bit more old-school. Safety is something we have to work on and F1 has got to a safe place.' 'But in Baku [for the Grand Prix of Europe] they wanted to open up the pit lane entry and make it easier. They were saying: it’s so fast and dangerous and I was thinking:...
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